Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-03-17
News from Over the County
LIBERTY CENTER.

Frank Rearig is the happy father of
his first born, a fine girl. Mother and pap
doing we'll.
-. Early Sunday morning last Chas.
Karshner's house was discovered on fire by
one of the neighbors. The alarm was
promptly given, and the flames quelched
with but a very slight damage, The fire
originated from stove pipe which projects
through the roof, and is too short to reach
the comb of the roof.
-. Our corporation, under the manage
ment of "the whisky council shows up q
healthier financial condition this spring than
it has ever done before.
At the close of the last fiscal year, when
the present incumbents took control, the cor
poration was in debt about $3.50, upon $40 of
which was being paid 10 per cent. interest.
At the close of this year, the debt is wiped
out and surplus in the treasury of $500.
Neither have Improvements been neglected,
but as many and as good as have been made
any previous year-proving conclusively that
the charges of incompetency, the vile and
abusive epithets which have been hurled at
them by fools and bigots for resisting the
demands of fanaticism and shallow -pated
tricksters, have been as unmerited as they
were groundless and malicious.
-. Saturday last was the day fixed for the
election which was to determine whether our
three Directors, as it now is, and, notwith-
standing the very strong effort made by the
infallible triune, aided by few non-resi-
dent sycophantish farmers and interested
buckers, to defeat the proposed change and
keep within the narrow limits of three men-
whose only ambition is to control everybody
and everything-the entire management of
our school interests, the people spoke in tones
not to be misunderstood, and demanded six
directors.
The desire for a change was partially
brought about by the old three breaking
faith with the people in the management of
the erection of the new school building.
They, as an inducement that the proposition
for new building should carry, unsolicited,
proposed and agreed to call to their aid a
building committee" outside of themselves,
as counsellors, advisers and controllers, and
that their services should be gratuity. But
instead of committee they called to their
aid supernumerary in the shape ofan attor-
ney, who, be it said, volunteered the services
of his ponderous brain las gracious gift" to
the cause of education, positively agreeing
that he was to receive no compensation for
any advice or service he might be called up
on to perform. The violation of these COM
pacts caused the people to demand an ad-
ditional three members of the board. This
reasonable request met with violent oppo-
sition by the three infallibles, but their argu-
ments were as futile as they were childish,
and the proposition to increase the board
carried by a larger majority than did that for
the building of the new house.
49,. Rev. Gilbert is making a protracted
effort in the U. B. Church at this place, in
in which he is endeayoring to show the sin
ner the straight and narrow way which leads
by faith alone to mansions in the SKIES"
Liberty has had an abundance of mouth
rnliuinnp this UiptpP n yuhiph innQfa de-
pravity, miraculous regeneration, vicarious
atonement and endless punishment have been
the burden of their song. The grand idea
has been that punishment of sin is reserved
for future state, but at the same time may
be remitted by the blind acceptance of vicar
ious attonement at any moment before death,
and that an exclusive reliance upon future
punishment is the prime motive to christian
life, which consists of life of sorrow and
sanctimonious long g-facedness here, instead
of one of JOY and cheerful aspect with hearty
and worthy endeavor to do real good. When
we sit and listen to the confessions of guilt
and the greatness of the sins of those who
claim to have received this faith we are al
most lead to believe that we are among a
| band of outlaws rather than among kind and
pleasant neighbors in whose integrity we
might safely confde. 1t is to be sincerely
hoped that if the sins which have been con
fessed in public this winter among the various
denominations have been truly and success
fully rolled over upon the cross of Calvary,
they will never again be taken up or repeated
by those who have gotten rid of them, and
| that, if that love to God which should be
awakened in the soul by a knowledge of the
character of God, will not restrain evil doing,
the fear of future punishment will, and the
cincerity of their professions be made mani
| fest in their daily walks, then will the minis
ter's labor not have been in vain.
....Rob't. Mccullough buried his oldest
daughter last week. TYRo.
Liberty Center, March 18th, 1887.